Alternative Names Newark Upon Trent Town Gaol and Bridewell, Newark Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened pre 1800
Date closed [1849]
Location adjoins the workhouse Newark-on-Trent
Map location in the vicinity
County Nottinghamshire
Last appears in the penal statistics for 1848.
Alternative Names Newark Upon Trent Town Gaol and Bridewell, Newark Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened pre 1800
Date closed [1849]
Location adjoins the workhouse Newark-on-Trent
Map location in the vicinity
Lat. 53.068408 Long. -0.8224338
County Nottinghamshire
Last appears in the penal statistics for 1848.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 119
Daily Greatest number - 11
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 183
Daily Greatest number - 91
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 3
Daily Census - 0
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 165
Daily Census - 0
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 176
Daily Daily average -
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/452-474
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence with Chairman of Quarter Sessions. Includes reference to compensation for Newark Gaoler's fees.
Dates: 1832
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence, reports, minutes and orders including material relating to prison at Newark
Dates: Undated
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/1/10-88
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence, memos, minutes about land purchase, financial arrangements, expenses, salaries etc relating to improvements to County Gaol. Includes reference to Newark Gaol.
Dates: 1830-1838
Archive name: East Sussex Record Office
Catalogue ref: RYE 56
Collection: Archive of Rye Corporation
Description: Miscellaneous circulars and returns. The returns give information on a wide variety of subjects, including the Gaol, criminal statistics, and the Court of record.
Dates: 1819-1881
Archive name: East Sussex Record Office
Catalogue ref: RYE 74
Collection: Archive of Rye Corporation
Description: County rate account books. The accounts give receipts from the County rate and expenditure, including the salary of the Recorder, Gaoler and Constables, subsistence of prisoners, repairs and general Gaol expenses
Dates: 1832-1860
Archive name: East Sussex Record Office
Catalogue ref: RYE 90/1
Collection: Archive of Rye Corporation
Description: Papers regarding county rate and gaol expenses
Dates: 1832
Archive name: East Sussex Record Office
Catalogue ref: RYE 90/3-5
Collection: Archive of Rye Corporation
Description: Papers relating to Thomas Marley, Gaoler
Dates: 1840-1842
Archive name: East Sussex Record Office
Catalogue ref: PAR 467/38/1/1171
Collection: None
Description: Plot 1171 - the gaol and yard, in Rye (Borough)
Dates: 1861
Archive name: East Sussex Record Office
Catalogue ref: RYE 49/21
Collection: Archive of Rye Corporation
Description: Draft report of William Phillips Lamb, Deputy Mayor, on lettings, proposed repairs to the almshouses at Landgate, and to the Gaol
Dates: 1817
Archive name: East Sussex Record Office
Catalogue ref: RYE 90/2
Collection: Archive of Rye Corporation
Description: Plan endorsed `Rye Gaol 1846?.
Dates: 1846
